How a Venture Capital Fund Operates: Leading VCs on Investment Strategies, Fund Management, and Best Practices for Success Book

How a Venture Capital Fund Operates is an authoritative, insider's perspective on investment strategies, fund management, and best practices for success. Featuring partners at leading law firms, as well as CEOs and managing directors of top venture capital and investment firms, this book offers key strategies and legal considerations for all stages of investment. These experts discuss their strategies for working with entrepreneurs, identifying investment opportunities, evaluating potential return on investments, and finding the focus of a fund. These experienced authors guide the entrepreneur through the process of raising a venture capital fund, including creating an executive summary and identifying cornerstone investors. Advice from the legal perspective includes tips for sitting with a new venture capital client and discussing the laws typically applying to a venture capital operation. From drafting deals to shaping an exit strategy, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking the dual perspective of venture capitalists and lawyers on the intricacies of venture capital fund management. The different niches presented and the breadth of perspectives represented enable readers to get inside some of the leading minds of today, as these insiders offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this ever-evolving industry.

Chapters Include:
1) Charles Rothstein, Senior Managing Director, Co-Founder, Beringea: “Developing a New Fund: Part Art, Part Science”
2) Jorge E. Alers, Partner, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP: “Emerging Market Venture Capital Funds”
3) Andy J. Funk, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Funk Ventures: “Investing Today for a Better Tomorrow”
4) Luis A. Aguilar, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP: A Primer on Venture Capital Operations.”